During my first week at the museum I spent time going through all the exhibits there with Mr. Burke and talking about what worked with them and what did not. We discussed lighting and the flow of the exhibits. We also addressed how to funnel people through the exhibits to keep people moving along. We payed special attention to the Biggs exhibit. I had felt that it was the best put together one with the proper amount of lighting and flow that made sense. Mr. Burke had also told me that they had recently repainted the room to so it really warmed the room up a little bit. So, the first two weeks were spent learning about exhibits and how we feel they should be setup.
The first two weeks helped me transition into my current project that I am working on with Mr. Burke. We are currently doing research on World War 2 souvenirs. We are going to create a large exhibit on the souvenirs that the soldiers brought back as well as a timeline of things that were going on here in Salem and Roanoke from 1945-1950. The photo I have included on this post is one of the newspapers that I am looking at for the chronology. I am going month by month and picking out interesting events to put on the timeline we are creating. Soon, we will be looking to identify souvenirs that the museum may have to put out for this exhibit.